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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Quartet
Energico
Hymn
Triple time
2. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Symphony
Galliard
Requiem
Opera
3. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Duet
Musette
Atonal
Timbre
4. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Gavotte
Sonata
Clef
Leading note
5. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Key
Temperament
Reprise
Maestro
6. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Grazioso
Ricercar
Interpretation
Song cycle
7. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Ensemble
Key
Falsetto
Opus
8. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Homophony
Accelerando
Renaissance
Concerto
9. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Rubato
Cadence
Tutti
Orchestration
10. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Courante
Clef
Finale
Relative major and minor
11. Group of singers in a chorus.
Recital
Castrato
March
Choir
12. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Glee
Interval
Quartet
Ostinato
13. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Part
Fermata
Pitch
Notation
14. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.
Legato
Orchestra
Canon
Development
15. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Slide
Cantabile
Timbre
Chorale
16. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Triad
EnharmonicInterval
Tutti
Pitch
17. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Key signature
Presto
Recitative
Time Signature
18. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Maestro
Castrato
Klangfarbenmelodie
String Quartet
19. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Pitch
Clef
Relative pitch
Mezzo
20. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Espressivo
Octave
Root
Flat
21. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Polyphony
Trill
Tutti
Tritone
22. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Maestro
Trio
Sequence
Dissonance
23. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Choir
Etude
Duet
Movement
24. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Hymn
Tutti
Cadence
Twelve-tone music
25. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Instrumentation
Verismo
Quintet
Libretto
26. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Natural
Virtuoso
Portamento
Refrain
27. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Tune
Vibrato
Chord progression
Tablature
28. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Clavier
Concert master
Concerto
Stretto
29. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Tempo
Nonet
Sequence
Conductor
30. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Chorale
Sharp
Leitmotif
Finale
31. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Classicism
Concert master
Rondo
Temperament
32. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Classical
Tonality
Glissando
Tonic
33. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Scherzo
Da Capo
Rhythm
Recital
34. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Temperament
Whole-tone scale
Fourth
Intonation
35. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Gavotte
Relative pitch
Legato
Septet
36. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Key
Ornaments
Capriccio
Motif
37. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Encore
Clavier
Rhythm
String Quartet
38. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Counterpoint
Virtuoso
Measure
Prelude
39. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Counterpoint
Recitative
Resonance
Rhythm
40. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Classicism
Octet
Ostinato
Scale
41. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Glissando
Grave
Slur
Partial
42. A separate section of a larger composition.
Movement
Harmony
Grave
Presto
43. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Intonation
Development
Tuning
Instrumentation
44. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Madrigal
Capriccio
Polytonality
Grave
45. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
Drone
Piano
Trill
Classical
46. A string of chords played in succession.
Progression
Chord progression
Glissando
EnharmonicInterval
47. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Baroque
Chromatic scale
Intermezzo
Orchestra
48. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Deceptive cadence
Gavotte
Quintet
Presto
49. A composition written for nine instruments.
Allegro
Modes
Nonet
Hymn
50. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Grazioso
Rococo
Homophony
Rubato